April 12, 2017 Senegal arrests suspected Boko Haram recruiter, extremists Senegalese police say authorities have arrested a suspected recruiter for the Nigeria-based Boko Haram Islamic extremist group.
April 12, 2017 Boko Haram increasingly using children as bombers: UN Radical Islamic militants from Boko Haram are increasingly forcing children to carry out bombings, with the number of attacks since January already nearly reaching the total for all of last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the U.N.
April 12, 2017 Al-Shabab vows 'doubled response' to US move in Somalia The Somalia-based al-Shabab claims that its escalation of deadly attacks is in "doubled response" to President Donald Trump's approval of expanded U.S. military efforts against it, an organization that monitors extremist groups says.
April 12, 2017 Spain: Woman, child die as migrant boat capsizes, 29 saved Spain's maritime rescue service says a woman and a child died after the boat in which they and 30 other migrants were trying to reach Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.
April 12, 2017 Egypt's leader juggles insurgency, economy The deadly bombings of two churches have left Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi grappling with the question of how to defeat a tenacious Islamic State insurgency that three years of warfare have failed to crush.
April 11, 2017 2 Turkish nationals kidnapped in southern Nigeria: Police Nigerian police say two Turkish nationals have been abducted and there has been no word from their kidnappers.
April 11, 2017 Zambian police question opposition leader in motorcade spat Police in Zambia are questioning the main opposition leader over allegations that he obstructed the motorcade of President Edgar Lungu.
April 11, 2017 'Sliding into catastrophe:' South Sudan famine could spread Two months after the world's youngest nation declared a famine amid its civil war, hunger has become more widespread than expected, aid workers say.